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duck-billed platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
Subject: duck-billed platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)
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duck-billed platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)


Amphibious Animals. Seal. Tawny Platypus.

Date 1854.
Source http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/6244016152
Author Blyth, Edward; Carpenter, William Benjamin; Cuvier, Georges; Johnston, George; Mudie, Robert; Westwood, J. O.
Full title The animal kingdom, arranged after its organization, forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy.
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The platypus or duck-billed platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) is a semiaquatic egg-laying mammal endemic to eastern Australia, including Tasmania. It is one of the extant species of monotremes, the only mammals that lay eggs instead of giving birth.

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